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The U.S.-China trade conflict has done great damage to the global economy, stunting investments across the world. In America, Chinese investments have dropped steeply as a result. Beijing’s increasing restrictions on foreign investments have also played a role in the…

Childhood obesity is a major problem in the UK. Estimates suggest that almost 28 percent of the 11-year-olds in the country are obese, with 19.8 percent classified as “dangerously tubby.” Just a decade ago, only 17.5 percent of the kids…

On February 2, a statue of the Boddhisatva Guanyin that was carved into a cliff in Hebei Province was detonated and destroyed. The statue took five years to complete and cost approximately 17 million RMB to build, but in just…

Over billions of years, our planet has attracted a large number of meteorites that have crashed on the surface. People have collected pieces of such meteorites throughout history, with some attributing a divine nature to them, while others collect them…

With international scrutiny growing on Huawei’s activities, the company is desperately trying every trick in the book. Their methods include bribing American journalists in a bid to influence them to put out reports framing the corporation in a positive light.…

Over the past several past months, the U.S. has been facing a trade conflict with China that has created confusion and fear in the global business arena. New reports suggest that we might be close to a U.S.-China trade deal soon…

When picturing an apocalypse, most people imagine a completely devastated world filled with terrors where “survival of the fittest” is the only rule and life as we know it ceases to exist. However, the super-rich have a different view of…

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is obsessed with ensuring that only its ideology is held supreme in all of China. Ideas it can’t destroy, the Party co-opts. This is the tactic the Chinese regime has adopted for the religions of…

Barbara Gay, who lives in Missouri in the United States, grew up in a violent family. In her teenage years, she was emotionally vulnerable to suffering from depression due to the family environment. She often self-medicated using alcohol and drugs.…

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has been pouring hundreds of billions of dollars each year into upgrading and expanding its forces. In the last few years, China has launched two aircraft carriers and…

High IQs aren’t going to be enough to stop an ecological disaster. It’s going to take social intelligence, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study co-authored by a University of Central Florida researcher and published in the journal Nature Communications.

Boeing is facing a difficult time as several countries, including China and the U.S., have grounded their 737 Max 8 model after two planes crashed in less than six months. The first plane crashed in late October in Indonesia and…

With Google rumored to be secretly continuing with its censored search engine project for China, Dragonfly, many are worried about the future of the Internet. Brandon Downey, a former security team member at Google and the author of An Old…

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The U.S.-China trade conflict has done great damage to the global economy, stunting investments across the world. In America, Chinese investments have dropped steeply as a result. Beijing’s increasing restrictions…

A new wallaby-sized herbivorous dinosaur has been identified from five fossilized upper jaws in 125 million-year-old rocks from the Cretaceous period of Victoria, southeastern Australia. Reported in the Journal of Paleontology,…

Shennongjia National Nature Reserve in Hubei, China, is a heavily forested area boasting rich biodiversity with over 3,400 plant species. It contains several climate zones — including subtropical, warm temperate, temperate,…

Located in the constellation of Hercules, about 230 million light-years away, NGC 6052 is a pair of colliding galaxies. They were first discovered in 1784 by William Herschel and were originally classified as…

The products of wastewater treatment have been found to contain trace amounts of antibiotic-resistant DNA. These products are often reintroduced to the environment and water supply, potentially resulting in the…

A security research report has revealed that Chinese hackers targeted a minimum of 27 American universities, looking for U.S. military secrets. The report is authored by iDefense, the security research…

After gaining complete control over Chinese society and censoring everything they don’t approve of, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is extending its censorship worldwide, with Australia as its number one…

With President Recep Tayyip Erdogan consolidating power within Turkey’s administration, the crackdown on the press has become a common feature in the country. Any journalist with an opinion contrary to…

Plimpton 332, an ancient Babylonian tablet, has always been an object of fascination for archeologists, since its contents remained undeciphered for much of history. Discovered in Southern Iraq in the…

Being a first world country, Australia attracts a large number of immigrants from developing nations, especially Malaysia and China. The administration is now seeking to limit the number of immigrants…

Located at an upstream valley of the Qingshui River at Datong Township in northern Taiwan’s Yilan County (宜蘭縣), Qingshui Geothermal Park (清水地熱公園) is a popular destination for fun and enjoyment. It was formerly a workstation of Taiwan’s state-run Chinese Petroleum…

Germany’s defense minister, Ursula von der Leyen, has warned Russia that it is at risk of China’s medium-range missiles. Her comments come on the backdrop of America and Russia pulling out from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty.

Many mystical religions have always suggested that human beings are basically bundles of energy. As such, the possibility that some people might drain out other people’s energy always remained a possibility. Now, a scientific study suggests that this might actually…

Conventional history tells us that ancient Tiwanakans, the people who lived around Tiahuanaco on Lake Titicaca in Bolivia, never knew any advanced science. However, the site of Pumapunku in the region throws doubts at such claims. Pumapunku is a part…

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has detained more than a million Uyghur and Kazakh Muslim minorities in its internment camps in Xinjiang. While there have been rumors of the detainees being forced into labor, a survivor of the camp now…

Though the idea of reincarnation might seem new to the Western world, a look into the history of Greece shows us that it is not so. Ancient Greek philosophers used to speculate about reincarnation and held some interesting notions about…

A security research report has revealed that Chinese hackers targeted a minimum of 27 American universities, looking for U.S. military secrets. The report is authored by iDefense, the security research wing of Accenture.

After gaining complete control over Chinese society and censoring everything they don’t approve of, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is extending its censorship worldwide, with Australia as its number one victim. The Chinese regime is now reportedly censoring books by…

During the times of Emperor Guanxu of the Qing Dynasty, there was a man from Jiangsu Province who worked in a trading firm in the Shanghai concession territories. His honesty made him a trustworthy employee in the eyes of his…

In Turkey, the government is building a dam that threatens to destroy a settlement with a history that goes back to 10,000 BCE. Located on the banks of the Tigris River, Hasankeyf is one of the oldest continually inhabited places…

Chinese porcelain has been a valued object throughout history and was a major export item of China in the past. Surprisingly, the largest private collection of Chinese porcelain is not in China, but in Europe. Known as the Meiyintang Collection,…

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has been pouring hundreds of billions of dollars each year into upgrading and expanding its forces. In the last few years, China has launched two aircraft carriers and…

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is obsessed with ensuring that only its ideology is held supreme in all of China. Ideas it can’t destroy, the Party co-opts. This is the tactic the Chinese regime has adopted for the religions of…

Barbara Gay, who lives in Missouri in the United States, grew up in a violent family. In her teenage years, she was emotionally vulnerable to suffering from depression due to the family environment. She often self-medicated using alcohol and drugs.…

As the trade war ceasefire agreed to last December continues, officials in Beijing and Washington struggle to reach a trade deal that will be acceptable to both the Trump administration and the Chinese leadership under President Xi Jinping. Trump late last…

In China’s history, there have emerged many legendary figures. Yet it’s hard to find one that compares with the Sage of Ghost Valley (Guiguzi) — a famous Taoist, thinker, strategist, diplomat, inventor, medical scientist, and a great educator — in…

With Google rumored to be secretly continuing with its censored search engine project for China, Dragonfly, many are worried about the future of the Internet. Brandon Downey, a former security team member at Google and the author of An Old…

When China’s Chang’e 4 probe landed on the lunar surface in January this year, it was the first robotic probe in the world to land on the dark side of the Moon. The rover recently sent out an interesting data…

At the 55th Golden Horse Awards in Taipei last November, the winner of the best documentary called for the independence of Taiwan on live TV. Three months later, public polls suggest that the Taiwanese have no desire to unify with China…

The products of wastewater treatment have been found to contain trace amounts of antibiotic-resistant DNA. These products are often reintroduced to the environment and water supply, potentially resulting in the spread of antibiotic resistance. As such, researchers at the University…

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